Book mark or indicator.



PATENTBD APR. 21, 1903;

s. 0. STRAKER. BOOK MARK 0R INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 1902.

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STANLEY CHARLIE STRA KER, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

800K. MARK on lNDlCATORf SPECIFICATIQN forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 726,005, dated April 21, 1903.

Application filed April 7, 1902. Serial No. 101,680. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY CHARLIE STRAKER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book Marks or Indicators, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved book mark or indicator which is applicable to books of all sizes, kinds, and classes and which will always be in position and ready for use and which automatically marks the book at any desired point or indicates the last page read.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanyingdrawings form a part,in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, in which Figure 1 is an end view of a book provided with my improved book-mark; Fig. 2, a side view thereof, part of the back or cover being broken away; and Fig. 3 a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a an ordinary book, and in the practice of my invention I provide a book mark or indicator which comprises a wire or similar rod 12 a little greater in length than the le'ngth'of the leaves and which is provided at one end with a short fiat angular portion b and at the opposite end with an arm b held at right angles thereto, and the arm I) is provided with a supplemental inwardlydirected arm 5 which extends parallel with the Wire or rod 1) and is preferably flat and also preferably provided with a flat triangular head b The supplemental arm b is comparatively short, and in practice I secure to the back of the bound leaves of a book and within the back portion ofthe covera strip a, of linen, linen paper, or other suitable and comparatively strong materiahand through or under this strip the wire or rod b is passed, preferably centrally of the back of the book, so that the arm 19 may be turned in such manner that the supplemental arm 12 may pass between any of the leaves, and the short angular portion 5 ofthe wire or rod 1), together with the arm b prevents said wire or rod from being moved longitudinally.

The arm b may be made of any desired length, and in practice the leaves of thebook are bent or folded so that the front edges thereof may be passed beneath the supplemental arm b and said supplemental arm b constitutes the book mark or indicator proper.

This device is simple in construction and operation and comparatively inexpensive and may be applied to books of any kind or class and is also well adapted-to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and changes in and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention or sac rificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention,what I. claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

A book mark or indicator comprisinga Wire or rod secured to the back of the book and extending longitudinally thereof and adapted to turn in its'support, said wire or rod being provided atone end with an arm which extends at right angles thereto, and is provided at its free end with a supplemental arm'which extends parallel to said wire or rod and is adapted to enter between the leaves of the book, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses,this 22d day of March, 1902. I

STANLEY CHARLIE STR AKER.

Witnesses:

W. B. DAVIES, H. W. ASHFORD. 

